"BUT if a man just had to have a lighter weight 30-06 what would you buy or what would you do to get it ?"
I'm seventy now. When I was a mere youth of fifty two I got a Rem Mtn. Rifle in -06 and have never regreted it. Even with it's light weight it's accurate and the attractive stock design is so good it's pleasant to shoot hot 150 gr. loads. Deadly on deer, easy to carry.
